Hodgkinson Appointed CEO of SmartPool

SmartPool, the European block trading dark pool operated by NYSE Euronext, BNP Paribas, HSBC and JP Morgan, has appointed Lee Hodgkinson as the new Chief Executive Officer beginning May 1, 2009.

Hodgkinson is currently CEO of SWX Europe and a member of the Management Board of SIX Swiss Exchange and SWX Group.

In a statement, Yvette Roozenbeek, acting CEO of SmartPool and Head of Business Development for European cash markets at NYSE Euronext said, “We are delighted to appoint Lee as CEO of SmartPool. He brings valuable experience, expertise and knowledge of European and international markets and their customers to his role and is ideal to lead the development of SmartPool.”

Hodgkinson added, “The introduction of MiFID was intended specifically to liberalise the European trading landscape. NYSE Euronext has been at the forefront of change in this new regulatory environment, introducing highly-competitive initiatives such as SmartPool, therefore expanding its trading offering to include a broad range of execution services for its customers.

SmartPool commenced trading on February 2 of this year.